GOLD HILL N E W S. JACKSON COUNTY. OREGON
feet or even to mentioning the name
Is one. Whenever you've got any spe
Not All Groundhog*
of Harris. Who Is he, anyhow?”
cific business to transact w ith aa why
Evans slouched easily lu the saddle come right along over nnd transact It
Hibernate in W inter
—ami then move on out."
and twisted a smoke.
Although the trudlllon still clings,
“Now let's get this straight whai
Billie W arren laughed suddenly, a
the belief that the gruuudhog emerges
I ’m to remember," he said. "M r, Slade
gurgle of sheer amusement at the
from Ida hole promptly on February
sight of the most dreaded man within
was saying that he planned to down
2 each year has been long disproved.
Cal H arris the first tim e he caught
a hundred miles standing there under
And now conies J. M. Nelson, who has
him out alone. I heard him remark
the muzzle of a shotgun, revolving in
made a study of the little rodent, to
to that effect.” He turned nnd grinned
structlons from the mouth of the
tell ua that many of the s[s'cles do
cheerfully at Slade. “T hat's Ills very
Three Bur cook. For Slade was help
not hibernate at all.
Her« Is his
words—and I ’d swear to It as long aa less nnd knew it.
CALLERS
account of their habits as published
my breath ueld o u t I ’ll sort of re|>eat
“ Waddles, you win.” he an Id. "I'll
In the Farm Journal:
it over to myself ao that I can give It
lie going before you change your
“T here are some which burrow Into
Judy, her little friend who lived
to the Judge word for word when the
min it "
at the other end o f the town, had the eoft earth along streams ant)
tim e comes,”
As the man walked toward ills come to play w ith her.
store th eir food for the w inter months.
By
Slade favored him with a long stare
horse which hac sidled a few ste|>a
Judy didn’t have any special name These are never seen throughout the
which Lanky bore w ith unconcern,
away the big cook gazed a fte r blm
H A L G. EVARTS
so she culled herself Muduui Judy winter. They are the real hlhernu-
smiling back a‘t him pleasantly.
and fingered the riot gun regretfully.
tors. But there also are groundhogs
when she played.
The
wagon
did
not
move
on
when
“I ’ve got my little piece mem
"Good afternoon," said Madam Red which make their homes In caves and
C o p y r ig h t b y R a i o . E v a r ta
the
men
bad
finished
working
the
herd,
orized,” Evans said; "and In purtlng
tluk-boles In which they store qunn
j Apple to Judy ns she arrived.
W X V S o r v lf«
as the rest of the day had been set
let me reniurk that Cal Harris will
“Good-afternoon,” said Judy. "Are titles of food. They may he seen moat
aside for kill-tim e.
An hour after
prove a new sort of a victim for you
Children's stomachs sour, and need
any tim e during the winter, when the
you very well Indeed?”
Slade's departure the hands were roll
to work on. I f you tie Into him belli
an anti arid. Keep th eir systems
“ I couldn't ask for better health,” weather Is fair.
Ing In for • steep. T he girl saw Rile
tear down your meat-house.” He
sweet w llli I ’hlltlps M ilk of Magnesia!
"T he groundhogs along river« often
replied Madam Red Apple. "I've been
Foster draw apart from the rest and
turned his horse and rode back to the
When tongue or hrealh tells of acid
W H A T HAS GONE BEFO RE
well now for three or four days or make w inter hornet In places which
sit wltb his back against a rock. He
herd.
condition--correct It w ith a spoonful
later nre covered with w ater for days
. maybe more."
was regarding some small object held
o f Phillips. Meet men and women have
At
th e
W a rre n
ra n c h , th e
“I'll play your own game," the girl
"W ere you sick before that?" asked at a time. Mealed tunnels and alr-
" T h re e
B a r," •
s tra n g e r a p
in his hand. As he turned It around
been comforted by (his universal
told Slade. " I f anything happens to
chamhera give protection nnd. while
Judy,
in
a
very
kindly
voice.
plied fo r w o rk aa a r id e r . W l l -
she recognized It ns a boot heel and
aweelener— more mothers should In
another man who is riding for me and
the w ater may he running overhead,
lia m e tte A n n W u r e n — l i n e a r to
"No,
I
don't
think
ao,”
suld
Madam
the reason for Kile’s absence was
voke Its aid for their children. I t le •
I have any reason to even suspect yon
a ll as 'B illie ," ta th e o w n e r o f
the groundhog w ill be enjoying Ids
Red
Apple,
"but
I
can
well
remember
clear to her.
He had back-tracked
th e ran ch . T h e
g ir l's
fa th e r.
pleasant thing to take, yet neutralises
were at the bottom of it I'll swear
cache o f food which he was wise
how
healthy
I
’ve
been
feeling
these
C al W a rre n , had been th e o r ig i
the blue horse to the scene of the mis
more acid than the harsher things too
that I saw you do the thing yourself
n a l o w n e r T h e n e w c o m e r la put
past few days. None of uiy bad head- enough to store before he was shut
h ap
often employed for the partMie«. N o
The Three Bar Is the only outfit with
off from the world."
to w o rk . C a ttle " r u s tle rs " h ave
1 aches you know,
She was h alf asleep when a voice
household should be without It.
a clean enough record to drag any
been tr o u b lin g th e ra n c h ow n e rs .
"Not that I really ever have head
some distance from the teepee roused
T h e new hand g ive s his nam e as
Phillips Is the genuine, presrrlp-
thing up for an airing before the
aches," she added In a much lower
C al H a rris .
B y his a n n o u n c e
her by speaking the name o f Bangs.
tlonnl product physlcluus endorse fo r
courts
without
taking
a
chance.
Tnls
m en t In fa v o r o f " s q u a tte rs " he
"I've a pretty elastic conscience my I voice. "Yes, I feel quite like my old
general USS; the nnme la Im p ortan t
rule of every man for himself won’t
In cu rs th e e n m ity o f a r id e ’
self," the voice went on. " I ’m not ' self.”
"M ilk of Magnesia” has been the U. S,
k n o w n as M o rro w . T h e w i ll m ade
hold good with me."
“Oh,
I
am
so
glad
to
hear
It."
said
b y C a l W a r re n s tip u la te d
th a t
above liftin g a few calves for the
registered trade mnrk o f the Clinrlee
She moved toward the wagon and
So many mothers
h a lf th e p ro p e rty should go to
I I . Phillips Chemical Co. and Ita pre
brand I'm riding for or any little Judy.
Slade kept pace with her, leading his
th e sen o f his old fr ie n d , W illia m
"H ave you beeu well too. Madam nowaduys ta lk about
decessor Charles II. Phillips since 1S7(k
thing like that, but this deal sort ot
H a r r is , u n d e r c e r ta in c o n d itio n s
horse.
giving th e ir children
gorges up In me. T hey’ll never cinch Judy?"
T h e new a r r iv a l is th e m an. and
"You're a real woman, Billie," he
fru it Juices, as I f this
“ Very well Indeed, I thank you."
he discloses th e f a c t to B illie .
It on to any man— they never do. Old
said, “You better throw in with a
S lade, a ra n c h m a n w ith an u n -
“ Are your dear little children well?" were a hew discov
Rile Is brooding over It. lie 'll likely
a a v o ry r e p u ta tio n , v is its B illie
ery. Aa a m atter of
run amuck. One way or another he'll asked Madam Red Apple.
Slade, e n d e a v o rin g to em b ra c e
“ Yea, they are well too. 1 left them fact, fo r over fifty
B illie Is in te r r u p te d by H a r r is .
try to break even for Bangs."
W h ile th e r id e r s a re a t th e ir
Billie
recognized
the
voice as all at home taking naps, except Edna. yeurs, mothers have
e v e n in g m ea l, f a r o u t on the
been
accomplishing
M
oores
and
knew
that
one
o f her I brought Edna with me.“
ran g e , six o u ts id e rs Join them
“Do let me see Eduu," said Madam results fa r surpassing anything you
men, at least, had not forgotten
B illie k n o w s th e m to be “r u s t
can secure from homo prepared fru it
lers." T o test H a r r is * c o u ra g e the
Bangs. It was the first time an In ti Red Apple.
g i r l a p p o in ts h im te m p o ra ry fo r e
So Judy went hack to the hall where Juices, by using pure, wholesome C a li
mation that the affair was other than
m an. tu g g e s tln g th a t he o rd e r
she hud left Edna w ith her hut and fornia F ig Syrup, which Is prepared
an accident had reached her ears,
th e v is ito rs to le a v e . S o m e w h a t
e
e
e
e
e
e
e
under tho most exacting laboratory
coat.
to h e r s u rp ris e he does so. T h e
men d e p a rt, m a k in g th re a ts . B il
Edna was a china doll with lovely sut>ervlston from ripe C alifornia Figs,
The calf round-up was nearing the
lie m ak e s H a r r is p e rm a n e n t f o r e
Q ^ irh K t H t / l A p lr a a a n t. » f e t l l v *
end. Tw o weeks would see the finish bright pink cheeks, a very red mouth ! richest o f all fru its in laxative and
• y ru p — 15« a n J 6 0 « •<«••• A n d • < -
m an. C a tc h in g M o r r o w le a v in g
nourishing properties.
le rn a O ? . a«« |»1M >•» I t i r o a f a n d
and supply the final tally. H a rris sat and dark hair.
c a ttle w e re th e y can be s tolen.
C h « *< S alva, 5 5« .
H a r r is d is c h a rg e s h im .
R id in g
“She looks well and healthy,” said ; It's marvelous to see how billons,
on a rock and reviewed the plans he
w ith B illie , a m a n p re s u m a b ly
weak, feverish, sallow, constipated,
had formulated for the salvation of Madam Red Apple.
M o rro w , shoots a t H a r r is . T h re e
the Three Bar brand, realizing the
" I don't have to worry about her. tinder-nourlsbed children respond to
B d r rid e rs s t a r t in p u rs u it o f
P A R K E R 'S
’
Its gentle Influence; how their breath
weak spots and mapping out some
M b rro w . One o f th e m . B an g s , Is
H A IR HAL-SAM
am bushed and k ille d .
clears up, color flames In th eir cheeks,
special Hue of defense that might
i««MlM*n4ru(T * ( - i « II a irm a il In«
K e t l o t « , C o lo r a n d
and they become sturdy, playful, en
serve to strengthen them. In the se
B a a u ty I o G r a y a a d F a dad H a l*
ergetic again.
A Western mother,
elusion of the wagon Waddles was
•>« »n t f t A la t I'ru ffg ls ta .
H l w u l ' h e t t i W b s I »lr|).< t> w W T
C H A P T E R V — C o n tin u e d
Mrs. I I . J. Stoll, Valley I ’. O., Ne
carefully rereading a much thumbed
FLO R F -S T O N S H A M P O O - M e a l fo r aaa la
braska, soys: "M y little daughter,
— 10—
document for perhaps tbe hundredth
««»unaetkin with Parker1« H air U a e a a . Makes the
Itnma I.uclle, was constipated from
hair aoft and fluffy, fto ranta by mail or a l dra<>
The old man was gloomy and silent,
time. A man had come In at daylight
uiaU. ilia c u i Chemical Work», Pauhogua, N. Y.
babyhood.
I
becamo
worried
about
with the mall from B rill's and Billie
his face set in sorrowful lines as he
-
......... 1 j 7'. —
- Ja- ,
her and derided to give her some
Wnrren was w ithin her teepee poring
went abont his work, and it was evi
W. N. U., P O R T LA N D , NO. *-.1929.
California F ig Syrup. I t stopped her
over her share of It. The men had
dent that he was continually brood
constipation q u ic k ; and tho wny It
finished theirs and were sleeping.
ing over the fate o f the youth he had
H u g e M agn et
loved.
Improved her color nnd made her pick
The girl read first the four letters
The world's largest magnet, a 120s
up made me realize how run-down site
B illie could not shake off the re
in the same handwriting, one to mark
ton monster Hint weighs more than
had been. She Is so sturdy nnd well
membrance of the boy’s adoring gaze
each week she had been on the round- }
many a locomotive, lias recently been
now, nnd always lu such good humor
u p The fifth was from Judge Colion. |
as bis eyes had followed every move
thnt neighbors say she's tho happiest
completed and w ill act ns an aid In
her father's old friend, to whose I
she made and in some vague way she
girl lu the West.”
linportnut researches In light, electric
felt that she was responsible for the
hands all his affairs had been en- -
Harris Sat on a Rock and Reviewed
L ike all good things, C alifornia F ig
ity and radioactivity.
trusted. A fte r scanning this she read
accident
She often rode near Rile
the Plans Ha Had Formulated
Syrup Is Imitated, but you can alwnys
Torrents of w ater cool Its huge cop
again the other four. Very soon now.
Foster, knowing what was in his
per coll, which carries a terrific elec
in the course of a few months at th« “ Gussis Is Vsry W s ll,” Said Madam get the genuine by looking fo r the
mind.
He spoke but little and. In
real man— me— and we'll own this
name "C alifornia” on the carton.
tric current of 3,(MX) amperes—enough
outside, she and the w riter would
Rad Apple.
common with the re s t he never once country. I ’ll run the Three Bar on
to light, ssy (1.000 ordinary Inmps. Ac
mentioned Bangs.
meet away from his native environ >
ten thousand head whenever you say
Uow la your
Just the T h in g
cording to Its designer It keeps a pow
ment and In the midst of her own. Al | I'm thankful to say.
At the end of a week Slade rode
the word."
erful magnetic field unnhated for
ways before this had been reversed Gusale Goodstoney?”
Woman Customer (to druggist)— My
up to the wagon as the men were
•I'd rather see it on h alf as many
“Gussle is very w ell,” suld Madam 'usband's nerves arc thnt bad 'e can't
and
her association
with
Carlos
hours, during prolonged experiments.
working the cows gathered In the sec
through my own efforts,” she said
Red
Apple.
"Last
week
her
ear
ached
Deane bad held a background of his
seem to get ahead; 'e's lost his am
ond circle of the day.
He Jerked
And some day 1 w ill."
own setting—a setting In startling a little and mine did, too, but she got bition. Do you think It would do nny
C an ’t Be Dons
his bead to draw her aside out of
“Some day yon’ll see it my way,"
confrast to her log house nestling In , over It In no time at nil.
good to give 'lm a dose o f them aspir
range of Waddles' ears.
“Get a new body and have your top
he prophesied. " I know you better
"W hy the very next day we were ing tablets?— Boston Transcript.
repaired," says an
advertisement.
“ How ’s the Three Bar showing ap than any other man. You want an out a desert of sage. T he Deane house '
We Just
was a wonderful old-fashloued man both as well as could be.
Don't yon wish you m ight!— Houston
this spring?" be asked abruptly.
fit of your own—and If the Three Bar
had
to
be
careful."
I
’okt-blspatch.
sion set In a grove of century-old
Peace never chums with worry.
“Better than ever," she retorted and
gets crowded out you’ll go to the man
“O f course, to be sure,” said Judy.
elms and oaks. She k n e .' his life and
he caught a note of defiance In her
that can give you one In its place.
“ Won’t you have some tea?” asked
now he would see her In her natural
voice,
That w ill be me.
Some day we'll
Madam Red Apple. “ You always have
surroundings.
"You're lying, Billie," he asserted
trade.”
in a hazy sort of way she felt that such delicious food nt your house that
calmly. “The Three Bar w ill show
'Some day— right soon— you'll trade
some day ahe would listen to the plea | mother said we could have something
another shrinkage this year.”
your present holdings for a nice little
that. In some fashion or other, was to eat here today."
“How do you know?" she flashed;
range in hell,” a voice said in Slade’s
T h a t pleased Judy and It pleased
woven into every le tte r; but not till
and the distrust o f him that Harris
ear and at the same Instant two huge
the Three Bar was booming and no Madam Ited Apple too for she loved to
had roused in her, lately submerged
paws were thrust from the little win
longer
required
her
supervision. entertain her friends.
beneath the troubling thoughts of dow of the cook-wagon and clamped
Everything else In the world was sec
So she went to her mother who had
Bangs, was suddenly quickened and
on his arms above the crook of his el
ondary to her love for her father a the cups and saucers all ready nnd
thrown uppermost In her mind.
bows. Slade was a powerful man but
brand and the anxiety of the past two poured the cambric ten Into the cups.
"1 know,” be asserted.
“It's my
he was an Infant In the grip of the
vears of Its decline eclipsed all other
There were thin slices of bread nnd
business to know everything that goes
two great hands that raised him clear
issues.
butter on another plate, and pieces of
on anywhere near my range.
Yon
of the ground and shook him before
Her reflections were Interrupted by sponge cake on still another.
say you want to run the Three Bar
he was slammed down on his face ten
H arris' voice Just outside her teep ee.
W hat n delicious ten they had! How
brand yourself. There’s not a man
feet away by a straight-arm thrust
“Asleep, Billie?" he asked softly.
in this country that would touch e
pleased Judy was with her visit.
Ills deadly temper tlared and the
“ No," she said. What Is It?"
Three Bar cow if you was hooked ap swift move for his gun was simultane
Muilam Red Apple enjoyed her
"I've thrown your saddle on I’a
w ith me.”
guest, too, so very much, nnd both
ous with the twist which brought him
poose," he said. “ Let's have a look Edna nnd Gussle Goodstoney got along
“And then the Three Bar would bo to bis feet, but his hand fell away
around."
only one out of a dozen or more Slade
quite beautifully.
from the butt of It as he looked Ir.to
She assented and they rode off up
brands,” she said.
the tw in muzzles of a sawed-off shot
“I am so sorry you must be going,"
the left-hand slope of the valley
A
For nc reason at ail she was sud
gun which menaced him from the win
said Madam Red Apple later, ns Edna
mile
or
so
from
the
wagon
H
arris
dis
denly convinced of the truth of H ar dow. The face behind the gun was
nnd her mother. Madam Judy, were
mounted on a high point.
ris ’ suspicions concerning Slade. She
the face of Waddles.
putting on their wraps.
"Let's
have
a
medicine
chat,"
he
of
noted that his eves traveled from on?
I ’m aboul to touch off a pound of
“ I ’ve had a lovely time,” suld Judy.
fered.
“
I've
got
considerable
on
my
man to the next till he had scru
shot If you go acting up,” Wad-lies
"I'm delighted to hear that, my
mind.”
tlnized every one that worked the
said. "Any more talk like you was
dear,” said Madam Red Apple.
She
leaned
against
a
rock
and
he
herd.
Just handing out and you'll get
"Don't be such a stranger nnothcr
sat cross-legged on the ground, facing
“ Are you looking for Morrow?” she
smeared here and there.”
How many people you know end their colds with Bayer Aspirinl
Come around soon.”
her and twisting a cigarette as an time.
demanded, nnd Instantly regretted her
Are you running the Three Bar?'
Gussle Goodstoney was renlly very
And how often you’ve heard of its prompt relief of sore throat oc
aid to thought Her head was tilted
rem ark. Slade's face did not change
Slade asked.
tonsilitis. N o wonder millions take it for colds, neuralgia«
back against the rock, her eyes half- proud of her mother. She had such
by so much as the bat of an eye and
“Only at times, when the notion
pprfect manners.
closed.
rheumatism; and the aches and pains that go with them. The won
he failed to reply for a space— too strikes me." Waddles said. “And this
You could hardly tell the difference
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
der is that anyone still worries through a winter without these
long a space, she reflected— then
between her manners and the manners
turned to her,
tablets 1 They relieve quickly, yet have no effect whatever on the
;;
■ 8 * 8 x 8 * 8 # a * a * 8 # 8 # 8 # 8 # 8 # 8 # 8 * B * 8 * u # 8 * n * a * n # 8 # a # B » » w i
of almost any grownup mother.
"Morrow — who's he?" he asked
heart. Friends have told you Bayer Aspirin is marvelous; doctors
"And why should I look for him?"
RIDDLES
have declared it harmless. Every druggist has it, with proven direc
“ He rode for you last year,” she
tions. Why not put it to the test?
said.
W hat Is It that sings and has eight
The neckties men wear today were decoratlvely— had become a flxed mode,
" O h ! That fellow.
I recall him
Aspirin ta the trad« mark of Bayer Manqfactor«
legs? A quartet.
evolved from lace thingumabobs that
of Ifonoacattcecldaater of SalleyllcacJd
now
Bleak-looking citizen," be said
too. Starling life as u cravat, and a
• • •
•‘And what about him?”
were worn, back in the days when broad cn«, Il has ibinned down to a
What Is It that goes but never gets
men's Imagination let them In for slim four-ln-hand and sometimes II ex
"You tell me," she countered.
"That new foreman of yours— the rainbow bued silk and velvet clothes, presses Itself in a bow.— Irene Kuhn anywhere? A clock.
• • •
fellow that was scouting round alone to keep the neckbund of tbe shirt to In Liberty Maguzfne.
W hat Is the strongest day? Sunday,
gether.
fo r a few months—has been tnlking
because all of the others nre "week"
What men wore In those days In
w ith his mouth," Slade said
“If he
Buaineaa Disaster
ilays.
leu ot a tie was called a Jabot or
keeps that up I ’ll have to ask him to
• • •
Robert, seven years old, out riding
kerchief, it was not all lace, for It
speak right out what's on his mind ”
with
Ills
puients,
passed
the
local
drug
I
l
Dick's
father
Is Tom ’s son, what
D erived from D aily U sb o f thr
was a sneeze catcher as well.
“ He'll tell you,” she prophesied.
store, which had Just changed hands. relation Is Dick Io Tom? Tom Is his
After the neckerchief had done
“ W hat then?”
“ What has happened to Mr. Brown?" grandfather.
double duly In the names of decora
“Then I ’ll kill him,” the man stated
he was asked.
• • •
The girl motioned to Lanky Evans tion a d utility, a few ot the more
“Oh," replied Robert casually, “ he's
I f your uncle's sister Is not your
and he rode across to them.
sensitive of the young bloods whose
limit, what relation would she he to
“hunky, I want you to remember hay fever was particularly bad re out of business; he went hank-rohhed.'
you? Your mother.
T he Soap, pure and fragrant, to cleanse
velled. They began carrying these ker-
this," she said. "Slade has Just prom
• • •
the akin; the Ointm ent, antiseptic and
The Car I a F ir at
The
ised to kill Harris.
And If he does cboo-ke -chiefs In their hands
healing, to remove pimples, rashes and
When may n man’s pocket be empty
I'll sjiend every dollar I own seeing custom became popular und In no time
Many un old shoe now is liiilf-solerl
irritations; and finally the Talcum.smooth
nnd yet have something In It? When
that he’s hung for It,” she turned to al all (he cambric and luce what's-lt
because the ear needs new ones.—(.'In
and pure, to impart a pleasing fragrance
it hug a hole In It.
Slade. “ You might repeal what you became a hand kerchief.
elnnatl Enquirer.
to the skin.
e • e
When the hand kerchief wag Hnai.)
Soap JJc. Ointm ent H e . and 50c. Talcum J ) t
Just told me,” she suggested.
Doddyy Evening
The
Settling
°fthe Sage
MakesUfe
Sweeter
“Lucile is the
Happiest Girl ’ *
P
h il l ip s
M ilk
of Magnesia
r
PISO S
/•coughs
For Colds
Original Necktie Was More Than Ornament
C uficiira
P R E P A R A T IO N S
Slade looked at her steadily.
“Yon misunderstood me,” be stated
"1 don't recall uny rem ark to that ef
transferred
permanently
from (he
hand to the pocket, the tie around th
leek, with a single uilssloa— to hind
, Mansfield, England recently sent s
20-pound gooseberry pie to Mansfield
Mass., a token of good will.
Why Is a printing press like the for
hidden fruit? Because from It springs
a knowledge of good and evil
Sample each free.
AJJrtu: "Cutlcura," Dept. B(l, Malden, Mail.
C n tleu ra S h a v in g Ntlrk SlSr.